Edna Boies Hopkins (1872/3 - 1937)

19th- and 20th-Century American Print-Making

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Edna Boies Hopkins, n&eacutee Edna Boies, was born in Hudson, Michigan, and married Ohio artist, James R. Hopkins (1877-1969) in 1904. She studied at the Pratt Institute with Arthur Wesley Dow, at The Ohio State University, and in Paris.

Although she was a painter, she is primarily known for print-making, specializing in color woodcut. She was a principle print-maker in the art colony which thrived in Provincetown, Massachusetts at the turn of the century. With her husband, she lived for extended periods in Paris during the formative years of European Modernism (1905-1914, 1920-1923). There Hopkins was an active member in various art and print-making societies, including the Soci&eacutet&eacute Internationale des Graveurs en Couleurs; Soci&eacutet&eacute Internationale des Graveurs sur Bois, and Soci&eacutet&eacute Nationale des Beaux Arts.